COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A man was shot and killed by a customer inside a Compton beauty supply store after he allegedly groped another customer and threaten to kill people inside, authorities said.

Deputies were called about 3:30 p.m. Sunday to the Pink Beauty Supply store in the 1300 block of East Alondra Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Arriving deputies found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man entered the store following a female customer and then groped her, prompting employees to ask him to leave, according to sheriff's officials.

"The male became increasingly verbally assaultive toward employees and customers," sheriff's officials said in a news release Monday. "He started throwing and damag

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